Why it's Hot:
- 1st appearance of Shang-Chi, the Master of Kung-Fu
- 1st appearance of Sir Dennis Nayland-Smith
- 1st appearance of Fu Manchu, father of Shang-Chi, later renamed Han, then Zheng Zu
- 1st team appearance of Si-Fan, a secret society with allegiances to Fu Manchu
- 1st appearance of Shang-Chi's unnamed mother, later retconned
Synopsis:
Shang-Chi has been raised and trained rigorously in the mental and martial arts by his father, Fu Manchu, to become a living weapon. Now, he embarks on his first mission—assassinate the most evil man alive—setting the stage for the origin of Marvel’s Master of Kung-Fu.